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IEB! · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:53 pm

FOX NEWS HOST SLAMS CBC DOCUMENTARY

01/29/05 -- Toronto---Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly has lashed out at a CBC documentary featuring guests who were highly critical of his show.

"Vicious attack on Fox News by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, totally out of any kind of bounds," said O'Reilly in his response Friday night to the Fifth Estate broadcast on Jan. 26.

"How low will they go? We'll show you the tape and you won't believe it!" was another response found on the Fox News website.

The Fifth Estate's website says the documentary examines the "war of words that's pitting conservative against liberal."

"It's loud, it's raucous, but does it have anything to do with the truth?" the site asks about the new kind of hard-hitting political debate on U.S. television.

Journalists, media watchers and other talk show hosts in the documentary took aim at the O'Reilly Factor and show's relationship with the truth.

In turn, the host had two guests on his show who agreed with him about the CBC.

"The Canadian government gives them a billion dollars to put this sort of stuff on the air, and the Canadian government is really at fault here, isn't it?" O'Reilly said to one guest.

"You scare the hell out of them, Bill," the guest answered.

CBC refused an invitation to appear on O'Reilly's show Friday night, and O'Reilly refused to be interviewed for the Fifth Estate broadcast.

In the past, O'Reilly has called the CBC radically to the left, the Globe and Mail a "far-left newspaper," and Canadian health care "socialist."

He and his conservative colleagues say they're doing journalism that is fair and balanced.

The Fox News Channel is the highest-rated news network in the United States. In mid-December, Rogers Communications announced it had added Fox to its all-digital channel lineup, becoming the first in Canada to do so.
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Watch the full CBC piece here: http://informationclearinghouse.info/article7914.htm

glorified_version · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:57 pm

Regardless of how close to the truth the documentary actually is, its probably not far off. O'Reilly is an ass and needs a good scare, because he is not the populist he claims to be, although I think his menance is a bit overstated. There are worse commentators out there, like Sean Hannity. O'Reilly really isn't so bad people.

PJDoll · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:16 pm **Posts:** 8820

IEB! wrote:

He and his conservative colleagues say they're doing journalism that is fair and balanced

Funny, I thought they were trying to say that O'Reilly is the one slanting the stories.

IEB! · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:04 pm

Coulter just said Canada sent troops to Vietnam, and just like Iraq Canada didn't. When corrected she said "No..no..no I think your wrong." When he held strict to the truth that Canada never sent troops, she pauses and then continues with "Noo..noo. I'll get back to you on that." Then never does.

It's got a lot of stuff from Outfoxed but more compact. Fox wouldn't Corporate because the Network would portray them as Conservative, which they admit they are, mainstream. Some really good points brought up regarding Liberal vs. Conservative in the media. Specifially with Fox of course.

antiyou · **Joined:** Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:06 am **Posts:** 2557

If any US Conservatives actually sat through a day of programming for the CBC, they would probably petition to invade Canada.
I'm not going to get into my views but I will agree the CBC is heavily influenced by the left. That being said, most of our television programming comes from the US so it kinda balances out.

Estranged · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:11 pm

glorified_version wrote:

Regardless of how close to the truth the documentary actually is, its probably not far off. O'Reilly is an ass and needs a good scare, because he is not the populist he claims to be, although I think his menance is a bit overstated. There are worse commentators out there, like Sean Hannity. O'Reilly really isn't so bad people.

Like this asshole!

teflonsteve · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:20 pm

Yes the CBC is slanted to the left, but that only follows the general attitude of canadians. I say general and don't mean all Canadians. Where I live in Atlantic Canada unfortunately all 4 provinces are under a conservative government.

I like how he blames it on the canadian government and thus the canadian people as the CBC is a publicly funded broadcaster.

I think its good that there is a voice around that looks at topics that people dont want to touch or is not commercially viable. (not reffering directly to the o'reilly factor)

IEB! · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:28 pm

If Fox was just conservative, I wouldn't have a problem with it. But with all the lies, deceit, manipulation, and managing of news they still have an audience. Do facts really matter? When real events happen Fox can't respond they don't have the capability, they are infotainment. But entertainment can be done honestly. If it is the truth they say then why is it not grounded in fact. Same with this last election and PIPA study, or the study's on Fox News that if you watch them you actually become dumber. This is profound. But eh, who cares?

Estranged · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:48 pm

IEB! wrote:

If Fox was just conservative, I wouldn't have a problem with it. But with all the lies, deceit, manipulation, and managing of news they still have an audience. Do facts really matter? When real events happen Fox can't respond they don't have the capability, they are infotainment. But entertainment can be done honestly. If it is the truth they say then why is it not grounded in fact. Same with this last election and PIPA study, or the study's on Fox News that if you watch them you actually become dumber. This is profound. But eh, who cares?

Just as CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and CBS all do the same. They LIE!

TortureFollowsReward · **Posted:** Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:45 am

glorified_version wrote:

Regardless of how close to the truth the documentary actually is, its probably not far off.

Say what??

Just like F 9/11, right?

PhilPritchard · **Posted:** Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:01 am

IEB! wrote:

In the past, O'Reilly has called the CBC radically to the left, the Globe and Mail a "far-left newspaper," and Canadian health care "socialist."

Common... if you're going to insult the country, don't insult one of the best things we've got going. Everyone in Canada loves the health care system. Who cares if it's socialist? It works. We get flu shots.

CommonWord · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:53 am **Posts:** 987

Hey, if he can dish it out, the dick should be able to take it.

Betterman0986 · **Joined:** Thu Nov 25, 2004 1:36 am **Posts:** 72

Well back to Fox, apparently Sean Hannity called Bill Moyers a 'jerk' on his radio show today for things that Moyers had claimed about him in a piece.

All I have to say is...

Hannity is a fascist prick who would make Goebbels bow to his feet.

End of rant.

jacktor · **Joined:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:29 am **Posts:** 4598

for more on oreilly listen to clips from "the factor" on media matters
http://mediamatters.org/items/200502010001
what an asshole

E/F? · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:26 pm **Posts:** 240

Instead of crying from his desk where he thinks he can have it his way all day long. Why didn't the loud mouth come on up for a visit when asked. Why should anybody show up on his show from the CBC when the suck wouldn't give the time of day up here. Most people with brains in their heads know the reason. The fool would have looked even more stupid when not behind his desk screaming at people for not being like him.

BysTanDeR · **Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:10 pm

PhilPritchard wrote:

Common... if you're going to insult the country, don't insult one of the best things we've got going. Everyone in Canada loves the health care system. Who cares if it's socialist? It works. We get flu shots.

oh yeah. the best health care system there is....with waiting lines up to a year....people sleeping in hallways....shortages of doctors and nurses.... very nice health care system indeed.

simple schoolboy · **Posted:** Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:33 am

BysTanDeR wrote:

PhilPritchard wrote:

Common... if you're going to insult the country, don't insult one of the best things we've got going. Everyone in Canada loves the health care system. Who cares if it's socialist? It works. We get flu shots.

oh yeah. the best health care system there is....with waiting lines up to a year....people sleeping in hallways....shortages of doctors and nurses.... very nice health care system indeed.

Americans go to Canada for drugs, Canadians come to America for certain surgeries. It evens out.

owen meany · **Posted:** Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:11 am

Here's the clip of Ann Coulter that was mentioned above..
http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/anncoulterCBC.html

IEB! · **Posted:** Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:24 am

owen meany wrote:

Here's the clip of Ann Coulter that was mentioned above..
http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/anncoulterCBC.html

I swear I was falling over laughing after watching that Cunter classic.

jacktor · **Joined:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:29 am **Posts:** 4598

BysTanDeR wrote:

PhilPritchard wrote:

Common... if you're going to insult the country, don't insult one of the best things we've got going. Everyone in Canada loves the health care system. Who cares if it's socialist? It works. We get flu shots.

oh yeah. the best health care system there is....with waiting lines up to a year....people sleeping in hallways....shortages of doctors and nurses.... very nice health care system indeed.

well we have our own nursing shortages down here, and insurance is scaring some doctors away, so we are all fucked, anyone have a leather strap, leaches and a bottle of whiskey:)

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